Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

[68degreesorless]

Congratulations! Wishing you both the best of luck. I admire your courage and curiosity.

[Alex]

@Giles:

@jordanscollected:

Sorry @Giles, must be a language barrier. Or I simply don't know the definition of sailing a boat. In which case I'm excited to sail my Lund bass boat in a few months time.

There's a picture of it in the first post 

But perhaps it would be more accurate to call it a motor boat (see what I'm dealing with here, a woeful lack of any idea what I am doing)…

Motor Yacht, i think is the technical term. But it sounds a bit wanky

[Giles]

@Alex:

Motor Yacht, I think is the technical term. But it sounds a bit very wanky

[Giles]

Better picture….

[jordanscollected]

A name for a boat is a very personal choice, but have you considered a Japanese name? You were a "trailblazer" in the Japanese denim world and it brought you a ton of success. You will continue to blaze trails in retirement in all your travels.

Japanese for Trailblazer is "Senku-sha"

[Giles]

Thank you very much Jeff. You continue to humble me…We're mulling over names at the moment.  Currently, the boat we are looking at, has quite a nice name already, so we may stick with that.  When I can let you know what it is, I will.

[mclaincausey]

I wonder if there'd be room for your kayak up where that raft dinghie is @Giles ? The Padmore flotilla…

[Giles]

Yes, there is room up there for a load of stuff inc the kayaks….

[Giles]

Here's a couple of ways of doing it.

I don't like how they are hung outboard on Dirona, but she has done over 100,000 miles, so the owners know what they are doing.  I suspect the Kayaks come inboard when any risk of bad weather…

[louisbosco]

@Giles:

Better picture….

that's bigger than I thought from what you showed me few weeks back..

hope the stars align..

[Giles]

It is.  But seriously, there are none around at the moment.  And really a 52 is a perfect size.  Not too large for me and P to manage on our own, but large enough to have guests and entertain….

[jordanscollected]

gotta have guests… it's going to get old when it's just you and Paula comparing scars and sharing war stories below deck. And the woman who broke your heart joke might make the boat seem awfully small.

[Giles]

2 double cabins with a head in each, was non-negotiable…..

[browniemcghee]

Giles, this thread has made me so happy today.  Please tell Madame Buttonfly how much joy these plans have brought us here.  Really.  I think it is an amazing and inspiring plan, and I hope you two find the best possible solution for what you need.  Please keep us posted.  Go for it!!!

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[louisbosco]

@Giles:

It is.  But seriously, there are none around at the moment.  And really a 52 is a perfect size.  Not too large for me and P to manage on our own, but large enough to have guests and entertain….

I'll patiently await the day you dock on this side of the globe.. 

[Alex]

Not sure it'll get to Perth on one tank of gas, annoyingly

[Giles]

More info.  The spec on the boat is amazing.  Plenty of nifty original build upgrades.  I still don't know what the asking price will be, but the single biggest issue we have to deal with is that it was a boat originally sold in The EEC.  UK as we all know, is no longer part of the EEC, so there may be 20% VAT to pay upon "import" into UK.  That could be the killer.  Me and people with much larger brains than I, are working out how we deal with that…..We could berth it in France, but that would take a lot of the point in owning it (and having it moored down the road) away.....

[henry_david]

EU-based shell company could buy it… 

[Giles]

[emceeQ]

Amazing @Giles !  So stoked for you and @Madame Buttonfly.  Can't wait to see what kind of adventures you get up to